Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 medium-sized grey/brown Musca (?)
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| Sundew |
Posted on 10-01-2008 00:03
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 Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Hi, Another fly from Usedom, sunbathing on the small Salix tree in August. The colour recalls Musca domestica, but some details do not match (m-vein too straight?). So I would like to ask you for help. Thanks, Sundew Sundew attached the following image:  [194.74Kb] Edited by Sundew on 10-01-2008 00:26 |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 10-01-2008 00:04
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Some more pics.
Sundew attached the following image:  [194.46Kb] |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 10-01-2008 00:05
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7338 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Looks like Musca autumnalis
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 10-01-2008 00:14
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Musca autumnalis - reddish abdomen. and frontalia points to autumnalis, right Tony? |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 10-01-2008 00:24
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Sounds good - the wing venation matches the pic in the fine compilation of muscid wing venation types under http://popgen.uni...idae2.html. I suppose we are on the right track! Sundew |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 10-01-2008 09:29
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Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7338 Joined: 19.11.04 |
In domestica, the male abdomen is not so red and the eyes are set slightly further apart (see http://www.dipter...to_id=2612 ). A red-abdomened Musca sunbathing on a leaf in August in Northern Europe will be a male autumnalis. 
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| Sundew |
Posted on 10-01-2008 12:19
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
That settles the matter! Many thanks indeed, Sundew |
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